Agenda

9 AM Welcome by Local Tribal Leader

 

9:15 Welcome, Introductions and Overview of Session

Janice Alexander, Forest Health Program Coordinator, UC ANR Cooperative Extension, Marin County

Deborah Giraud, Farm and Community/Economic Development Advisor, UC ANR Cooperative Extension, Humboldt-Del-Norte County

Jennifer Sowerwine, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Specialist, ESPM, Society and Environment, UC Berkeley

 

9:45 History of California Tribes

Beth Rose Middleton Manning, Professor, Dept. of Native American Studies, UC Davis

Vanessa Esquivido-Meza, PhD Student, Dept. of Native American Studies, UC Davis

 

10:30 Break

 

11:00 Overview of Tribal Government - Scott Williams, Attorney, Berkey Williams LLP

 

11:45 Working in Indian Country: Issues and Approaches

Dan Sarna, Post-Doctoral Researcher, ESPM, Society and Environment, UC Berkeley

Virginia Hedrick, Yurok/Karuk, Director of Policy and Planning, California Consortium for Urban Indian Health

 

12:30 PM Networking lunch

 

1:30 Cultural Norms and Contemporary Tribal Life

Moderator: Beth Rose Middleton Manning, Professor, Dept. of Native American Studies, UC Davis

 

Theo Whitehurst, Potter Valley Tribe of Pomo Indians

Arlene Dutschke, Ione Band of Miwok

Valentin Lopez, Tribal Chairman, Amah Mutsun Tribal Band

 

2:45 Lessons Learned from Cooperative Extension Perspective Towards Building Successful Partnerships with Tribes

 

Developing an Education Program: The Federally Recognized Tribes Extension Program (FRTEP) - Deborah Giraud, Farm and Community/Economic Development Advisor, UC ANR Cooperative Extension, Humboldt-Del-Norte County

 

Promoting a Collaborative, Participatory Approach to Research and Extension: Reflections from a 5-Year Tribal Food Security Project with the Karuk, Yurok and Klamath Tribes - Jennifer Sowerwine, UC ANR Cooperative Extension Specialist, ESPM, Society and Environment, UC Berkeley

 

Creating and Facilitating the Western Region Tribal IPM Work Group - Janice Alexander, Forest Health Program Coordinator, UC ANR Cooperative Extension, Marin County

 

3:15 Break and move into small groups

 

3:30 Successful Partnerships - small group, facilitated discussion

 

4:30 Cultural Demonstration of Native Plants - Diana Almendariz, Cultural Practitioner, Pakan Yani Strawberry Valley Maidu

 

5:30 Adjourn

 

6:00 Reception and informal evening discussion: Light hors d’oeuvres provided

 

Dinner on your own

8:00 AM Depart hotel

 

9:00 Welcome and Overview - Don Hankins, Geography and Planning Department, California State University, Chico

9:15 Partnering with Tribes: Examples from the NRCS

Plant Materials Centers – Margaret Smither-Kopperl, Manager, Lockeford Plant Materials Center, USDA NRCS

Tribal Land Management Support: Conservation Planning, NRCS-CA Tribal EQIP, Tribal Advisory Council, and Project Examples – Pedro Torres, USDA NRCS

10:30 Traditional Ecological Knowledge (TEK): Examples in the Field
Jennifer Bates, Miwok Tribal gatherer/basketweaver
Danny Manning, Northern Maidu, Greenville Rancheria
Don Hankins, Geography and Planning Department, California State University, Chico

 

12:30 PM Lunch

 

1:30 Roundtable discussion: How can we better integrate traditional knowledge and perspectives into our understanding of natural resources? – moderated by Don Hankins

 

2:15 Putting it to work: Breakout groups to share examples, work together on how to move forward, set intentions, develop plans, what are next steps, what resources are needed to move forward

 

Youth Outreach – facilitated by Deborah Giraud

Natural Resources – facilitated by Janice Alexander

Health and Food Security/Food Systems – facilitated by Jennifer Sowerwine

Others TBD

 

3:15 Next Steps: Evaluation and closing

 

3:30 PM  Adjourn